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EP About this file: EP0955942

EP0955942 - DENTAL PROSTHESIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.03.2008
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.01.2010Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 03.02.2010  [2010/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Callan, Donald P.
39 Hickory Hills Circle
Little Rock, AR 72212 / US
[1999/46]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1999/46]
Representative(s)Mackenzie, Andrew Bryan, et al
Scott & York
Intellectual Property Limited
45 Grosvenor Road
St. Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3AW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2007/01]Mackenzie, Andrew Bryan, et al
Scott & York Intellectual Property Limited 45 Grosvenor Road
St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3AW / GB
Former [2006/50]Maury, Richard Philip, et al
Scott & York Intellectual Property Limited 45 Grosvenor Road
St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3AW / GB
Former [1999/46]Maury, Richard Philip
Sommerville & Rushton, 45 Grosvenor Road
St. Albans, Herts AL1 3AW / GB
Application number, filing date97935118.603.07.1997
[1999/46]
WO1997US13096
Priority number, dateUS1996067922312.07.1996         Original published format: US 679223
[1999/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9802110
Date:22.01.1998
Language:EN
[1998/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0955942
Date:17.11.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.01.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0955942
Date:09.05.2007
Language:EN
[2007/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US22.01.1998
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.05.2001
ClassificationIPC:A61C8/00
[1999/46]
CPC:
A61C8/005 (EP,US); A61C8/0048 (EP,US); A61C8/0075 (EP,US);
A61C8/0054 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/46]
TitleGerman:ZAHNERSATZ[1999/46]
English:DENTAL PROSTHESIS[1999/46]
French:PROTHESE DENTAIRE[1999/46]
Entry into regional phase19.01.1999National basic fee paid 
19.01.1999Search fee paid 
19.01.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
19.01.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.02.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
19.01.1999Examination requested  [1999/46]
22.09.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.03.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.06.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.01.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.03.2007Fee for grant paid
28.03.2007Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.02.2008No opposition filed within time limit [2008/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.07.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
12.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
12.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
12.07.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
14.07.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
14.07.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
13.07.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
12.07.2006Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT09.05.2007
BE09.05.2007
CH09.05.2007
DK09.05.2007
FI09.05.2007
IT09.05.2007
LI09.05.2007
NL09.05.2007
IE03.07.2007
LU03.07.2007
MC31.07.2007
SE09.08.2007
DE10.08.2007
GR10.08.2007
ES20.08.2007
PT09.10.2007
[2010/05]
Former [2008/45]AT09.05.2007
BE09.05.2007
CH09.05.2007
DK09.05.2007
FI09.05.2007
IT09.05.2007
LI09.05.2007
NL09.05.2007
IE03.07.2007
MC31.07.2007
SE09.08.2007
DE10.08.2007
GR10.08.2007
ES20.08.2007
PT09.10.2007
Former [2008/22]AT09.05.2007
BE09.05.2007
CH09.05.2007
DK09.05.2007
FI09.05.2007
IT09.05.2007
LI09.05.2007
NL09.05.2007
MC31.07.2007
SE09.08.2007
DE10.08.2007
GR10.08.2007
ES20.08.2007
PT09.10.2007
Former [2008/21]AT09.05.2007
BE09.05.2007
CH09.05.2007
DK09.05.2007
FI09.05.2007
LI09.05.2007
NL09.05.2007
SE09.08.2007
DE10.08.2007
GR10.08.2007
ES20.08.2007
PT09.10.2007
Former [2008/12]AT09.05.2007
BE09.05.2007
CH09.05.2007
DK09.05.2007
FI09.05.2007
LI09.05.2007
NL09.05.2007
SE09.08.2007
DE10.08.2007
ES20.08.2007
PT09.10.2007
Former [2008/08]AT09.05.2007
BE09.05.2007
CH09.05.2007
DK09.05.2007
FI09.05.2007
LI09.05.2007
SE09.08.2007
ES20.08.2007
Documents cited:Search[X]US4531915  (TATUM JR O HILT [US]) [X] 1-3,10,11 * column 5, lines 13-34 ** figures 1,3B,4 *;
 [X]US5316477  (CALDERON LUIS O [US]) [X] 1-9,11 * column 3, lines 44-53 * * figure 10A *;
 [XA]EP0702940  (BRESSMAN ROBERT A [US], et al) [X] 1-3,10-13 * column 5, line 50 - column 6, line 2 * * column 7, lines 14-18 * * figures 1,6 * [A] 8
International search[X]FR2634369  (MALEK PIERRE [FR]);
 [XP]US5620323  (BRESSMAN ROBERT A [US], et al)
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